Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Three Gold Medals - Pilgrims / El-Al / Herzl, 1960-1977
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
1. Day of Independence gold medal, 1960. Twelve years of the State of Israel.
Obverse: State emblem, surrounded by "Twenty Israeli Lirot", on the bottom 1860-1960. Reverse: Herzl's portrait, state emblem. Diameter: 22 mm, weight: 7.9 grams.
2. Numbered gold medal, commemorating twenty years of El-Al Airlines, 1977.
Obverse: a dove. Reverse: Twenty two letters of the Aleph-Beth freely designed. Diameter: 35 mm, weight: 30 grams.
3. Numbered gold medal, in honor of pilgrims, 1964.
Obverse: relief of Eretz Israel inspired by ancient maps, inscribed “Terra Sancta”.
Reverse: “Love thy neighbor as thyself” in Hebrew, French and English. Diameter: 35 mm, weight: 29 grams.
Obverse: State emblem, surrounded by "Twenty Israeli Lirot", on the bottom 1860-1960. Reverse: Herzl's portrait, state emblem. Diameter: 22 mm, weight: 7.9 grams.
2. Numbered gold medal, commemorating twenty years of El-Al Airlines, 1977.
Obverse: a dove. Reverse: Twenty two letters of the Aleph-Beth freely designed. Diameter: 35 mm, weight: 30 grams.
3. Numbered gold medal, in honor of pilgrims, 1964.
Obverse: relief of Eretz Israel inspired by ancient maps, inscribed “Terra Sancta”.
Reverse: “Love thy neighbor as thyself” in Hebrew, French and English. Diameter: 35 mm, weight: 29 grams.
Ephemera, Numismatics and Objects
Ephemera, Numismatics and Objects